ok ok ok follow me on this, is it do-able to like....buy some good ol pvc pipe from lowes and run it from my intake down to where a normal cold air intake would go? Then slap on a filter and it work the same/work at all?

I drive a 2005 scion tC, 2.4L engine (same engine as a 00ish camry and possibly a gts <im still looking into that>)